For a high-ranking member of the Japanese ruling party, canceling the Tokyo Olympics is still an option.
If rising coronavirus numbers mean that „it is impossible, then we have to give up,“ Toshihiro Nikai, general secretary of the Liberal Democratic Party, said in a TV interview, according to Kyodo news agency.
The summer games are to take place from July 23rd to August 8th, they have already been postponed from the previous year to this year.
